Anya

Through these last fews day that I have been in Hungary, I have come to realize that when you first start off as a Foreign Exchange Student that you must be very observant. As the time passes, and you are getting used to your country and language that time where you sit and observe the things around you, slips right through your fingers. Instead of sitting there while everyone talks in their own language, you will soon join and be a part of that conversation. 


The Hungarian culture fascinates me in that way. 
Most of the Hungarians that I have been around, take the moment and experience everything. They look, absorb, and then react to whatever the situation is. Un-like most Americans. Americans, compared to Hungarians are very self centered people.


For example, my host Mom. When my host brothers, Balazs and Peti speak, she looks at them like she is the proudest person in the world. That she is so happy that she gets to be with them and feel whatever it is that she is feeling.
But it is also the same for them, Balazs and Peti. When she speaks, they look at her that way too. They have so much respect. And I really admire that. Its really nice to see. Hungarians are really family oriented people, and I REALLY love that about them.


Being here I hope that maybe, just maybe, I can become more like them.